In The Beginning! A Few References and Resources:
My brother, Lee Joseph Jr., gifted me with the beautiful book “A Light for the World Essays and Reflections on the Papacy of John Paul II”. Lee J’s inscription reads, “Bernadette – to the second most religious sibling in our family!”
The First Age of the Church (33 AD – 330 AD)
Second Age (330 – 660)
Third Age (650 – 1050)
Fourth Age (1050 – 1450)
Fifth Age (1400 – 1789)
Sixth Age (1789 – Present)
Early Christian Fathers ~ Edited by Cyril C. Richardson; The Early Christian
Fathers, A selection from the writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius ~ Edited and translated by Henry Bettenson, Dorotheos of Gaza Discourses and Sayings ~ Translated by Eric P. Wheeler
A Few Areas of Interest …
v Paper: Newsletters of Religious Orders: Sisters of Divine Providence, San Antonio, TX, Olivetan Benedictines, Jonesboro, AR, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Washington, D.C., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville, AL, Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel United States, Philippines, and Timor-Leste, New Orleans, LA. Also, The Week, ‘Our State’ - North Carolina, ‘SHARE’ - Catholic Daughters of America, ‘COLUMBIA’ - Knights of Columbus and American Library Association Journal…my elementary school friend is a university librarian and saves the previous year stack of these jewels which I devour! I can hardly read a page without envisioning …!!!)
v Electronic: National Catholic Register, Life Site News, Oblate Programs of St. Benedict: Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN, The Institute for Digital Archaeology, Center for Basque Studies, University of Reno, NV, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fast Company: Technology, Design, World Changing Ideas, Most Innovative Companies and ‘Roads’ Scholars! Also Youtube: spiritual speakers/authors galore, Book TV/C-Span
v DVD: THE SUMMIT ~ ‘Into Great Silence’ ~ “One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, Into Great Silence dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life.” ~ The Grande Chartreuse, France built in the 11th century.
v Topics: Monastic Spirituality, Saints, The Classics, Church Fathers, Desert Fathers/Mothers, The Treasury of Catholic Wisdom/Twenty Centuries of the Spirit and Substance of Catholicism, Historical Biographies.
v Gregorian Chant is definitely my music of choice for every day is spent in imagining, focusing and tracking ministries! Favorite CD ~ Saint Benedict Gregorian Chant Monastic Choir of the Abbey of Notre Dame de Fontgombault
v Monastery Greetings Catalog. Products created by Monasteries, Religious Communities & Hermitages. www.MonasteryGreetings.com
DOCTORS OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
Since the thirteenth century, the Catholic Church has bestowed the title “doctor of the Church” on the following men and women.
Name |
Titles |
Born |
Died |
Promoted |
Activity |
540(ca.) |
March 12, 604 |
1298 |
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340(ca.) |
April 4, 397 |
1298 |
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Doctor gratiae |
354 |
August 28, 430 |
1298 |
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347(ca.) |
September 30, 420 |
1298 |
Priest, monk |
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347 |
407 |
1568 |
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330 |
January 1, 379 |
1568 |
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329 |
January 25, 389 |
1568 |
Archbishop of Constantinople |
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298 |
May 2, 373 |
1568 |
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Doctor angelicus |
1225 |
March 7, 1274 |
1568 |
Priest, Theologian, O.P. |
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Doctor seraphicus |
1221 |
July 15, 1274 |
1588 |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano, Theologian, Minister General, O.F.M. |
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Doctor magnificus |
1033 or 1034 |
April 21, 1109 |
1720 |
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560 |
April 4, 636 |
1722 |
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406 |
450 |
1729 |
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Doctor of the Church's Unity |
400 |
November 10, 461 |
1754 |
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1007 |
February 21, 1072 |
1828 |
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, monk, O.S.B. |
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Doctor mellifluus |
1090 |
August 21, 1153 |
1830 |
Priest, O.Cist. |
|
300 |
367 |
1851 |
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Doctor zelantissimus |
1696 |
August 1, 1787 |
1871 |
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Doctor caritatis |
1567 |
December 28, 1622 |
1877 |
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Doctor Incarnationis |
376 |
July 27, 444 |
1883 |
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315 |
386 |
1883 |
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676 |
December 5, 749 |
1890 |
Priest, monk |
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672 |
May 27, 735 |
1899 |
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306 |
373 |
October 5, 1920 |
Deacon |
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1521 |
December 21, 1597 |
May 1, 1925 |
Priest, S.J. |
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Doctor mysticus |
1542 |
December 14, 1591 |
1926 |
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1542 |
September 17, 1621 |
1931 |
Archbishop of Capua, Theologian, S.J. |
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Doctor universalis |
1193 |
November 15, 1280 |
December 15, 1931 |
Bishop of Regensburg, Theologian, O.P. |
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Doctor evangelicus |
1195 |
June 13, 1231 |
January 16, 1946 |
Priest, O.F.M. |
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Doctor apostolicus |
1559 |
July 22, 1619 |
1959 |
Priest, Diplomat, O.F.M. Cap. |
|
1515 |
October 4, 1582 |
September 27, 1970 |
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1347 |
April 29, 1380 |
October 3, 1970 |
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1873 |
September 30, 1897 |
October 19, 1997 |
O.C.D. (Nun) |
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1500 |
May 10, 1569 |
October 7, 2012 |
Priest, Mystic |
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1098 |
September 17, 1179 |
October 7, 2012 |
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951 |
1003 |
April 12, 2015 |
Monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian |